The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-01-28

PANAMA MED. CO., Frankfort, Ird
House.
JAN. 5.-In the House to-day the call of
the inmtteeS having been dispensed with,
Mr.. Davidson, on bel'af OF the committee on
railways and can lis, ca led up in the morn
ing hour the bill for the permanent i'm
provement of the Eric and Oswego canals
and 10 secure the freedom OF the same To
the commerce of the United. States. The
bill was considered in committee of the
whole, Mr.. Crisp in the char
The bill provides for the issuing by the
Secretary OF the Treasury OF bonds bearing
~ per cent interest to an amount not OK
ceedlng S5,0l000l, 60 be delivered to the
STATE of New York upon the completion of
certain improvements therein specified, and
after the state mas pledged Itself that said
canals shall be maintained by said state
free 10 the commerce OF the United States,
or IN event that these canals shall CEASE 10
be free TO the commences OF the United
tateS the stale will repay so much us Shall
have been SO received.
Mr.. Weber, the iniroducer of the meas
urr, advocated lis pass &c, dwelling upon
the important factor which the freedom of
the Erie and Oswego canals to the com
merce Of the country would form in pro-
vidlng cheap transportation for the pro-
ducts OF the west to the seaD0ard. The
provisions of the bill Were fair to the nation
and To lie state of NV York
the House passed the Indian appropria.
tion b II, covering Sh,1l'.0 o. as also the
military academy appropri ltlon bill.
JAN. G.-Ihe House to-day went into
committee of the whole (Mr. Springer i'm
the cllair) on the pension appropriation
bill, which approprates "a, 247, CO. being
only So, 00) below the cStimates-the reduc-
tion being in the item for the rent of offices
for pension agencies. Without amendment
or discussion the bill WIS read, reported to
tho House, and passed.
The naval reorganization bill was debated
by MIR. Sayers, of Texas, who advocated
the bill and drew deplorabc picture of q
navy too weak to fight and too slow to run
away, and OF nayy-yards useless and worn
out ami utterly incapable of constructing
first-class war vessels; and. In tracing the
causes OF this wOrthlessneSs and decay to
the cumbersome organization OF the navy,
he fortified his position with extracts from
the expressed opinions of Secretaries Whit
ney and Chandler.
Mr.. B0utele opposed the bill. The OK
listing organization of the navy was adequate
to all demands OF the present and all tho
probable requirements OF the future. Under
the organization as 1t STOOL to-day the
United States navy department., confronted
In 1861 by more ggan ic foe than It was
likely to meet in the immediate future, had
been enabled in the twinkling of an eye 10
call into existence naval equipment great
and effective in power and resources.
Mr.. Henderson introduced bill author
ling the construction of a bridge across the
Mississippi river at Dubuque, Iowa. Re-
ferred.
The House committee OH reform in the
civil service has adopted without amend
ment the bill recently passed by the Senate
repeating. the tenure OF office act, and has
instructed Mr.. Cox, of North Carolina, to
call 1t up for action in the House at the
earliest possible moment
The House then adjourned.
JAN. Ton motion OF Mr. Perkins, of
Kansas, the House to-day passed the Senate
bill amending the act providing for the sale
of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian reser.
ton I'm Nebraska ond Kansas. The amend
ment provides for the allotment of lands in
severaIty to minors and orphans.
Mr.. Hatch made an unsuccessful effort to
have private business dispensed with for
the day for the purpose of enabling the
House to resume the consideration of the
bill for the creation OF department of
agriculture and labor, but the House went
into committee of the whole (Mr. Mcmillan
in the cnair) on the private calendar. The
committee soon rose and half q dozen bills
were passed by the House, which then took
recess until : 80 p. III.
at the evening session the House passed
forty-two pension bills, including one grant
ing $50 per month to the widow of Gen.
Duroin Ward.
JAN. s.-Alr. Haley, from the committee
on Indian affairs, to-day reported to the
House bill for the purchase of tract of
land near Salem, Oregon, for the use of
the Indian training school. Referred to
the committee of the whole.
DIR. Cox, Of North Carolina, from the
committee on civil-servIce reform, reported
back tile Senate bill repeating the tenure
0f-Off q act. Placed on the House calendar.
Mr.. Nelson introduced a bill providing
that any person who in good faith has pur.
chased railroad Indemnity lands, and made
valuable improvements thereon, may, when
the lands from any cause are restored to the
public domain, IL he can not enter such
lands under the homestead, presumption, or
tlmber-culture laws, be permitted to make
private. entry within one year at the price
of S1.2j per acre.
The committee on revision of laws OH
Congress reported favorably on bill pro-
hibiting congressional committees attend
Ing funerals ct public expense, and limiting
the expense of such funerals to the actua
cost of burial.
Mr.. Springer presented an amendment
which le proposes to offer TO the Pacific
railroad funding bill wien 1t comes up for
consideration. 1t proposes to strike ont all
that portion of the bill which prescribes
the mode In which the cum pareS sha pay
their indebtedness to the government, and
to insert In place thereof series OF pro
visions, the principal of which IS that the
companies snail the first day Of October,
and semi-annually thereafter, pay into the
United States treasury sum equal to the
amount which the United States Is re-
quired to pay semi-annually as interest on
the subsidy bonds advanced to the said
companies until the maturity of said bonds,
less the amount OF any payments made by
the said companies during the six months
previous to any such pay ment of their IN
debtedness under any act of Congress here
tofore passed. s.a. -.
49, IN pile jntroduced tho